Barack Obama

Features

• 10 IT agenda items for the first US CIO

  By Paul Venezia | 10 March, 2009 08:38

  Obama's appointment of Vivek Kundra marks an important first step for rectifying the nation's concerns about IT.

• Can the Web predict the next president?

  By Thomas A. Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 11:15

  IT professionals have historically monitored network traffic patterns to better understand network usage, to expose security events, and to generally promote overall network health. Traffic analysis can likewise be applied to the Web to understand a wide range of behavior patterns ranging from social media networks to suggestion systems in e-commerce to even the current hot topic: the presidential race.

• Where the US presidential candidates stand on tech issues

  By Grant Gross | 21 October, 2008 07:40

  The 2008 presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of two major-party candidates who are interested in technology-related issues. While the US economy and the war in Iraq have dominated the debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama, they have also hit on such IT hot buttons as telecommunications and tech jobs.